The Politics of Immigration in the 21st Century: A Comparative Approach

Immigration policy is one of the most contentious issues facing policy makers in the twenty-first century. Immigration in the Twenty-First Century provides students with an in-depth introduction to the politics that have led to the development of different approaches over time to immigration policy in North America, Europe, and Australia. The authors draw on the work of the most respected researchers in the field of immigration politics as well as providing insights from their own research.

The book begins by giving students an overview of the theoretical approaches used by political scientists and other social scientists to analyze immigration politics, as well as providing historical background to the policies that are affecting electoral politics. A comparative politics approach is used to develop the context that explains the ways that immigration has affected politics and how politics has affected immigration policy in migrant-receiving countries. Topics such as party politics, labor migration, and citizenship are examined to provide a broad basis for understanding policy changes over time.

Immigration remains a contentious issue, not only in American politics, but around the globe. The authors describe the way that immigrants are integrated, their ability to become citizens, and their role in democratic politics. This broad-ranging yet concise book allows students to gain a better understanding of the complexities of immigration politics and the political forces defining policy today.

• Covers hot topics including party politics, labor migration, assimilation, and citizenship both in the United States as well as globally.
• Consistent chapter pedagogy includes chapter introductions, conclusions, key terms and references.
• An author-hosted Website is updated regularly: www.terrigivens.com/immigration

Terri E. Givens is the former provost at Menlo College and Professor at the University of Texas at Austin. She has written extensively on immigration politics, the radical right and antidiscrimination policy in Europe and is a Senior Fellow with the Center for the Analysis of the Radical Right (CARR). She is most recently the author of Legislating Equality: The Politics of Antidiscrimination Policy in Europe (Cambridge University Press, 2014) and is a regular blogger and commentator for a variety of outlets. She has been teaching courses and speaking on the politics of immigration policy for over 20 years.

Rachel Navarre is an assistant professor of political science at Bridgewater State University in Massachusetts. She received her PhD from the University of Texas at Austin in Government and specializes in the fields of comparative politics and public policy. After completing her degree, she was a post-doctoral fellow at the Center for Inter-American Policy at Tulane University in New Orleans. Her research focuses on comparative public policy, specifically issues of framing and issue definition; immigration policy and politics; regional governance; populism; and content analysis.

Pete Mohanty is a data scientist at Google and a former Science, Engineering & Education Fellow and Lecturer in the Department of Statistics at Stanford University. He holds a PhD in Government from the University of Texas at Austin where he studied comparative immigration politics in Europe and where he was advised and mentored by Terri E. Givens. Pete’s research adapts recently developed statistical methods and models to the challenges of comparative research, especially how xenophobia affects political behavior.